Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of three Civil War era paper soldiers. They all have bayonets propped against their right shoulders.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.189g]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers marching and carrying a bayonet. a flag, a drum, and a sword.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.184d]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Civil War wrapper with a paper soldier depicted on the front with a rifle slung over his right shoulder and a knapsack on his back.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [P.2005.2.10]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. They are depicted with bayonets, a flag, a drum, a sword, and knapsacks on their backs.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.184a]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers representing different regiments. Includes a soldier from the Highland Guard, 79th Regt., L. Col. Elliott; soldier from the 69th Regiment, N.Y. St. Mil: Col. Corchoran; soldier from the Irish Zouaves, Capt Francis Meagher; and a solder from the Steuben Guard, N.Y. St. Vol: Col. Bendix.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.189a]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of fourteen Civil War era paper soldiers marching with bayonets slung against their right shoulders.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.5c]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of six Civil War era paper soldiers. They are marching with bayonets, a drum and a flag.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [P.2005.2.11]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier depicted with a bayonet in his right hand.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.189f]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier running with a bayonet in his right hand and a knapsack on his back.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186f]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Civil War wrapper with a paper soldier depicted on the front with a rifle slung over his right shoulder and a knapsack on his back.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [5786.F.134a]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of two Civil War era paper soldiers. They are depicted with rifles propped against their right shoulders, and bayonets standing at their sides. Both are dressed in a long blue jacket, blue pants, and a royal blue cap. Inscribed in their belt buckles is "SNY".
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.183e]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier with a rifle leaning against his left shoulder.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188i]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier knealing on one knee and holding a rifle in his hands.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.189e]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers from different regiments in New York and Vermont. Includes a soldier from the 1st German Rifle Regiment in New York, led by Colonel Blenker; a soldier from the 9th Regiment in New York, led by Colonel Stiles; a United Turner Rifles soldier led by Colonel M. Weber; and a soldier from the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.184c]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers marching with a drum, a flag, and their rifles.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186b]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers running with bayonets, a flag and a drum.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186h]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper cavalrymen dressed in royal blue jackets and light blue pants. Three are depicted with swords, and one holds a bugle in his right hand.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.83a]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper cavalrymen dressed in royal blue jackets and light blue pants. All four hold swords in their right hand. See (2)5786.F.83a for a similar image.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.183d]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier with a rifle in his right hand and a knapsack on his back.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188c]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of three Civil War era paper soldiers running with bayonets in their hands.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.183b]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of three Civil War era paper soldiers. Depicts a soldier with a raised sword running and leading two soldiers who hold a flag and a drum.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.183c]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier resting his arms on the top of his rifle.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188g]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of four Civil War era paper soldiers dressed in full Scottish regalia. They all have bayonets propped against their left shoulders.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186a]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. They are depicted with bayonets slung over their left shoulders.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.187b]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier. He is depicted on horseback, with a sword in his right hand.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.187e]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. They are depicted with bayonets, swords, a drum and a flag.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.189c]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. They are depicted with bayonets, swords, a drum and a flag.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188b]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. Depicts all of the soldiers with bayonets propped against their left shoulders.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186c]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of a Civil War era paper soldier with a rifle in his right hand and a knapsack on his back.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.186i]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Cutout of five Civil War era paper soldiers. They are depicted with rifles slung over their right shoulders.
Date
[ca. 1861-ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. *GC - Civil War - Soldiers [(2)5786.F.188a]
Block numbered in four places: 6310., Image of a man being in front of three soldiers in a tent. The man in the center appears dressed in a ragged fashion, and is flanked by soldiers holding swords. He appears to be being taken before an officer, who is seated., ‘The Old Red House, “It can’t be John Hall, p. 235 M.S.”' -- inscribed on side of block., Illustration appears in The Old flag (Philadelphia, 1864?), p. 320. In the story, the ragged man in the center (John Hall) is a deserter from the Southern army standing before Northern soldiers. This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Sept. 1864 to at least 1893., “N.J. Wemmer 215 Pear St. Phila.” – Back of block. Nelson J. Wemmer is listed at this address in Philadelphia city directories from 1861 to 1876., “A.S.S.U” -- back of block.
Reproduction of a drawing showing a Union infantryman staring into the bottom of an empty can he has raised into the air., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze.
Date
[ca. 1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.53e]
Reproduction of a caricature showing a Light Guard depicted as a mannequin attired in a uniform. The light-weight soldier stands in front of broadsides advertising the "roll of honor Engagements of the Light Guard" and "Academy of Music Ball.", Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
J. Gurney & Son
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Gurney - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51q]
Foreground shows three men belonging to the Biaga nation. Two sleep behind their shields; the third stands with his shield, dagger, club, and arrow. In the background, Biagas use thier shields to protect themselves from their enemies' arrows., Plate 13 in Duarte Lopes's Regnum Congo hoc est: warhaffte vnd eigentliche Beschreibung dess Königreichs Congo in Africa vnd deren angrentzenden Länder darinnen der inwohner Glaub Leben Sitten vnd Klendung wol vnd aussführlich vermeldet vnd angezeigt wirdt (Getruckt zu Franckfort am Mayn: durch Matthias Becker in Verlegung Hans Dietherich vnd Hans Israel von Bry, im Jahr M.D.C.IX. [1609]), n.p., Caption reads: "Diese Völcker wohnen umb den ersten See dess Fluss Nili / ist ein unbarmherzig / Mörderisch und räubersiches Völck / grosser länge und statur / eines abscheulichen Anblicks / schwarzer Farb. Ihre Waffen / sind Kolben / Pfeil / Dolchen / Spiess und grosse Schilde / hinter welchen sie sich auch lägern / oder sich mit bedecken für den Schoss dess Pfeils / sie gehen gar nackend / fressen auch Menschenfleisch / die Backen und Leffzen haben sie auffgeschlizt / wenden das weisse an den Augen heraus / und stellen sich auss das ungeherst so ihnen möglich ist / ihre Feinde damit zu erschröcken / wie in der Historien weitläusstig zu sehen.", Caption can be translated approximately as follows: "These people [i.e., the Biagas] live near the first lake of the Nile / they are an unmerciful / murderous and rapacious people / of great height and stature / intimidating appearance / and black color. Their weapons / are clubs / arrows / daggers / spears and large shields / under which they sleep / or with which they protect themselves from arrows / they wear nothing / are also cannibals / they cut out the cheeks and lips / they take they whites' eyes out / and act monstrously to frighten their enemies / as can be read about futher in the accounts.", Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Date
[1609]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Sev Lope 1212.F plate 13, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2889
Shows a Union officer, sword raised in the air, leading a troop of men attired as the Yankee character Brother Jonathan. Civilians and officers on horseback watch as the "troop" passes. Also shows the Potomac River and Washington skyline, including the Capitol, in the background., Copyrighted by C.F. Morse., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Probably originally part of a McAllister scrapbook., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Bufford, John Henry, 1810-1870, lithographer
Date
c1862
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons - 1862-1 [P.9177.14]
Panoramic view showing the Union victory at the Battle of Missionary Ridge near Chattanooga, Tennessee on November 25, 1863. Shows Union troops carrying an American flag as the men break through the Confederate line. An African American Union corps drummer marches behind the soldiers. Shows Union and Confederate soldiers firing and falling in battle near brush and fallen trees, and Confederate troops retreating past a homestead in the background., Title from item., Gift of David Doret, 2002., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Philadelphia Panorama Co., distributor
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Missionary Ridge [P.2002.50.3]
Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War miscellanies., Genre scene showing a Civil War soldier being welcomed home by his family. The soldier, a bandage on his head, sits in his cozy parlor as his mother cries on his shoulder, his wife wraps herself around his waist, and their baby sleeps in a cradle. The soldier's gun and knapsack rest beside him against a side table.
Creator
Paton, J. Noël (Joseph Noël), Sir, 1821-1901 artist., creator
Date
[[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia Print Dept. **GC - Civil War - Soldiers [5786.F.141a]
Reproduction of a caricature showing a soldier dining with a young lady attired in an absurd hat. The soldier sips from a straw and looks sheepishly at his dining partner., Photographer's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Created postfreeze., See related print: political cartoons - 1863 Hom [5780.F.d].
Creator
J. Gurney & Son
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - miscellaneous - Civil War - Gurney - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.51r]
In the foreground, a woman from Monomotapa stands with her bow and arrow. Behind her, two other women burn off the left breast of a third woman, so that it does not interfere with her ability to shoot an arrow. In the background, a battle is waged between the Monomotapa women and a group of male warriors., Plate 14 in Duarte Lopes's Regnum Congo hoc est: warhaffte vnd eigentliche Beschreibung dess Königreichs Congo in Africa vnd deren angrentzenden Länder darinnen der inwohner Glaub Leben Sitten vnd Klendung wol vnd aussführlich vermeldet vnd angezeigt wirdt (Getruckt zu Franckfort am Mayn: durch Matthias Becker in Verlegung Hans Dietherich vnd Hans Israel von Bry, im Jahr M.D.C.IX. [1609]), n.p., Caption reads: "Diese Weiber sennd under dem Kenser Monomotapa / welcher ein mächtiger Kenser ist / unnd viel Könige under sich hat / welche ihm bissweilen viel zu schaffen geben / derhalben er sich allezeit mit einem grossen Heer Kriegsvolck versehen muss / under welchen sennd die besten die Legionen dieser Weiber / welche von Jugend auss zum Krieg abgerichtet sennd / welche auch auss der uralten Amazoer art ire lincke Brust abbrennen / damit sie ihnen am schiessen nicht hindern. Ihre Wehren sennd Bogen und Pfeil / sennd gute und geschwinde Schützen / auch sehr standthafft unnd unversagt. Diese Weiber haben eine eigene Landschafft zubewohnen / so ihnen von irem Kenser eingegeben ist: Doch zu einer gewissen zeit gesellen sie sich zu den Männern / welche sie ihres gefallens ausssuchen: Und so sie etwan einen jungen Knaben geberen / so schicken sie denselben den Männern heym / so sie aber Mägdlein geberen / so behalten sie dieselbigen sich / und richten sie zum Krieg abe.", Portions of the caption can be translated approximately as follows: "These women are under the Kenser [?] Monomotapa / which is a powerful Kenser / to which many kings belong / which up until now has accomplished much / . . . . / . . . . / from their youth, the women are trained for war / and following the ancient tradition of the Amazoer, they burn off their left breast / so that it does not infere with their ability to shoot. Their weapons are bows and arrows / . . . . / . . . . These women have their own area in which to live / so that they are surrounded by their Kenser. But at certain times they also socialize with men / . . . and sometimes a son is born, who is sent back to the men, but when a daughter is born, she is kept and trained for war.", Fels Afro-Americana Image Project, Africa: Images, Maps, and Geography.
Creator
Bry, Hans Dietherich and Hans Israel von, engraver
Date
[1609]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *Sev Lope 1212.F plate 14, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A2890
Caricature showing a soldier dining with a young lady attired in an absurd hat. The soldier sips from a straw and looks sheepishly at his dining partner., Lithographer's signature on stone lower left corner., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., See related photograph: cdv - misc. - Civil War - Gurney - Caricatures and cartoons [5770.F.51i]., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
Mullen, Edward F., lithographer
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department political cartoons-1863 Hom [5780.F.d]
Portrait of an African American man Union soldier, attired in a uniform, a "U.S." belt buckle, and a cap. He holds his rifle over his right shoulder and carries a sleeping mat on his back., Inscribed under title: 843., Title from item., Date inferred from content., Originally part of a McAllister, Hart, Phillips Civil War scrapbook. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC-Civil War-Soldiers [(9)1540.F]
Full-length group portrait depicting three African American Union soldiers, attired in uniform, standing with bayoneted Springfield rifle muskets and non-commissioned officer swords in hand. The soldiers include a sergeant (center left) who wears a regular belt plate, three chevrons on his sleeve, a kepi with a tarred cover, and a non-commissioned officer baldrick on his sword. The African American private (center) wears an infantry bugle and brass insignia on top of his kepi. The private (right) wears an unadorned kepi. In the left, is a white man soldier, probably a junior officer, attired in a great coat and slouch hat and holding possibly an 1850 foot officer's sword. Possibly soldiers from Camp William Penn, the African American training camp near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., Title from manuscript note on recto., Name of photographer/publisher attributed from copy of photograph available in Hindman February 27, 2024 auction. Copy included revenue stamp and was stamped on verso: O.H. Willard's New Galleries, 1203 Chestnut St. No. [4485] Phl. Copy of listing included in Willard research file at repository., Date inferred from revenue stamp on verso of copy at Hindman auction, February 2024., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886., Description revised 2024 with information from 2024 Hindman auction listing., Access points revised 2024., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Creator
Willard, Oliver H., -1875
Date
[ca. 1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department cdv portraits- group - Military [5779.F.3d]
A soldier wears a red coat with epaulets, a belt marked "A", and tall black hat. He carries a rifle with a bayonet. His spine is curved, and he pushes out his stomach., Text: Though you try to look bold in your fixins so gay, / As you strut around the streets I hear the folks say, / If to war he should go, and they made an attack, / He would surely come home with a ball in his back., Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Reproduction of a drawing showing a Zouave and infantryman drinking a beer together., Publisher's imprint stamped on mount., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of humorous caricatures and photographs., Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Creator
J. Gurney & Son
Date
c1863
Location
Library Company of Philadephia | Print Department cdv - misc. - Civil War - Gurney - Caricatures & cartoons [5780.F.53k]
Trade card by Blood & Chew with text describing the divisions and the route for a soldiers' and sailors' parade on Friday, October 2d, 1868. Includes two woodcuts, one depicting a Civil War soldier with a bayonet, and the other a sailor, both attired in uniforms., Not in Wainwright., Advertising text running the length of the card on the right side reads "neat lithographing and wood engraving," and on the left, "all varieties of plain & ornamental printing.", Philadelphia on Stone, POSA 81
Date
1868
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Trade cards - B [(1)1322.F.185]
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